My friend EFBWD in La Jolla has an interesting reading rhythm. She divides her books between her "upstairs" reading and her "downstairs" reading. Upstairs is for fun reading ~ fiction, lighter weight stuff, magazines, etc. Downstairs is for the heavy duty subjects ~ history, biography, weightier tomes. I am currently reading two very different books, one for upstairs, one for down, even though I live in a one-story house.
This is my upstairs book and I am deep into the crazy, utterly dysfunctional Foxmore family as they gather to sit Shiva for the departed patriarch. I know a film has been made of this story; it will be interesting to see what a director and cast can do with this story. What a quirky bunch.
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You always come up with the most interesting reading material! Yes, your upstairs book's movie trailers portray the nuttiness of the so-called family, and the cast
sounds perfect for it!
I have been reading Hillary Clinton's "Hard Choices" little by little ALL SUMMER! I am enjoying it, and it is very well written and so informative. But, good God, is it LONG! Put it on your downstairs list...
these both sound great!
Speaking of books, last night on "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell," he interviewed Charles Blow, columnist for the NY Times, about his new memoir, "Fire Shut Up in My Bones." Several excerpts were read, and I promptly ordered it on my Kindle. This one reads like poetry, in the southern black literature tradition. It is going to be a HUGE best-seller, I think. I cannot wait to read it-- just as soon as I finish Hillary's book...
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